The federal government is increasing the penalties for people caught shining laser beams at commercial planes in response to a steep increase in the number of incidents.
The Federal Aviation Administration will consider someone who hits a plane with a laser to be "interfering" with a flight crew, the same statute used to protect pilots and flight attendants from hijackers, the agency said it will announce today.
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011/06/Penalties-increase-for-flashing-lasers-at-planes-/47854794/1
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